Visit Website Living My Way is a collation of personal stories and experiences of day-to day life of Aboriginal people living with a disability, and those who care for them. The video provides viewers with a number of honest, open and inspiring stories that may help challenge people’s perception of ability and disability. Some key […]

Visit Website The Boss of My Body! video and song was created as a way to empower young children in remote communities to stand up for themselves and their rights. The project was made possible with the help of the teachers, staff and students of the Burringurrah Remote Community School. And also by Stephen Farrington […]

Visit Website The Learning Ground – Indigenous Education Research Database provides relevant information and research on early childhood education, school learning and adult learning. The website includes important aspects to consider in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learning, offering educators information on cultural diversity, engagement with families and communities, identity, wellbeing and language.

Download File This paper investigates whether the current expectations of cultural competence in the early childhood education and care regulatory framework, and in particular the NQS, are appropriately articulated and whether they can be met by the current assessment and rating processes. It draws on the Coalition of Australian Government’s national Indigenous reform agenda, which […]

Visit Website Early Childhood Australia has published two case study resources on valuing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). These resources examine why it is important to value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures within ECEC services and shows how programs can be utilised to promote and embed […]

Visit Website Western Australia, 1931. Government policy includes taking half-caste children from their Aboriginal mothers and sending them a thousand miles away to what amounts to indentured servitude, “to save them from themselves.” Molly, Daisy, and Grace (two sisters and a cousin who are 14, 10, and 8) arrive at their Gulag and promptly escape, […]

Download File National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day (NAICD) is a celebration of our children. Held on 4 August each year, NAICD was first observed by SNAICC in 1988. Each year SNAICC produces and sends out resources to help you celebrate NAICD. NAICD 2013 theme: Right Here, Right Now, Our Rights Matter. For more information […]

Download File SNAICC poster that aims to ‘interpret’ the National Standards for out-of-home care as they relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care. The National Standards for out-of-home care are an initiative of the Australian Government and state and territory governments — and one of 12 priority projects under the National Framework […]

Download File Description – Flip chart to assist in ‘unpacking’ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s cultures and cultural needs. It portrays different aspects of cultural connections that enhance a young person’s sense of identity and wellbeing.

Visit Website Grandparents are very important people in our lives. They are our teachers. They give us love, support and security when we need it. Grandparents have a lot of experience and are very wise. Their opinions and advice can be useful. Grandparents often are able to do for their grandkids what they may not […]